SECURITY STUDIES AND EUROPEAN SOCIETY, pages: 207 - 232, 2019

Analysis of the Political Field in the Bolivian Conflict October November 2019

Abstract: The conflict in Bolivia can be understood from different perspectives. The work presented here aims to provide the reader with precise inputs with which to form their own interpretation. To this end, it is proposed to combine a genealogy of power over the fourteen years in which the Movement to Socialism directed the destinies of the Bolivian State. This as historical knowledge referred to the struggle and socio-political conflict adense description of the Bolivian political field, and an analytical model based on the spatial analysis of the exercise of communicational political power devices. This work raises the following objectives: to describe the agents faced, their alliances, their rivalries as well as the strategies that follow each one of the agents; disaggregate conflict scenarios in geographical and political spheres - including symbolic-discursive, as well as provide reference bibliographic material for future conflicts or hypothetical intermediation and dialogue missions.